John, I'm glad to learn that you are safe. Thanks for the link!! My son-in-law's family comes from Iloilo so now I have a really good map to show my grandchildren (with planes flying here and there, no less). Please take care. ------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) > > > Yes we are still safe. The storm tracked far enough North that all we got > was heavy rain although we did due diligence on our preparation. > > What we did in thinking with hindsight wasn't enough if it had hit here. > We would have been 1 of the 10,000 deaths because we are a quarter mile > from the beach. > > Decisions we make earlier in our lives can come back to haunt us. I was > thinking seriously on coming to the Philippines and living in the same > place the full force of the storm hit. Now in retrospect, I made a good > decision on settling where I am even with the earthquakes and the two > other typhoons that have had my "paradise" in the bulls eye. > > I appreciate all the support we give one another here even if we live all > over the world. > > I overcome morbidity with playful funny pets and a new hobby that direct > my thoughts to a good place. My new hobby is plane tracking. I have my own > "radar" which I share answering the question while looking up at a plane > in the sky, I know where it is going. My paradise is here: > > http://fr24.com/9.65,122.86/7 > > Thanks for the concern. I am likewise concerned about you all. > > John > > Co-owner Parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn